Polymer Gels and Networks

by Osada; Yoshihito

• ISBN13: 9780824706692
• ISBN10: 0824706692
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-12-12
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

Offers an in-depth look at the properties, thermodynamic formation, structure, latest trends, and scientific application of bio and synthetic polymer gels.

Author Biography

Isao Ando Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Lyudmila M. Bronstein Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington Christian Burger Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook Sauveur Jean Candau Laboratoire de Dynamique des Fluides Complexes, Universite Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France Benjamin Chu Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook Anish P. Dhanarajan Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Rita Dias Department of Chemistry, Coimbra University, Portugal Jozsef Feher Department of Physical Chemistry, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary Genoveva Filipcsei Department of Physical Chemistry, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary Jian Ping Gong Division of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan Yoshitaka Hirata Laboratory for Polymer Condensed State, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Japan Yuko Ikeda Department of Chemistry and Materials Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan Kanji Kajiwara Department of Chemistry and Materials Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan Ali Khan Physical Chemistry 1, Center for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, Sweden Alexei R. Khokhlov Department of Physics, Moscow State University, Russia Masatoshi Kobayashi Department of Biochemistry, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Ibaraki, Japan Shinzo Kohjiya Laboratory for Polymer Condensed State, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Japan Shigeki Kuroki Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Bjorn Lindman Physical Chemistry 1, Center for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, Sweden Eduardo Marques University of Porto, Portugal Shingo Matsukawa Department of Food Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Fisheries, Japan Maria Miguel Department of Chemistry, Coimbra University, Portugal Gauri P. Misra Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Giovanni Nisato Department of Materials and Process Technology, Philips Research, Eindhoven, The Netherlands Yoshihito Osada Division of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan Olga E. Philippova Department of Physics, Moscow State University, Russia David R. Picout Biopolymers Group-Division of Life Sciences, King's College London, England Igor I. Potemkin Department of Physics, Moscow State University, Russia Simon B. Ross-Murphy Biopolymers Group-Division of Life Sciences, King's College London, England Ronald A. Siegel Departments of Pharmaceutics and Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Dmitri I. Svergun European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hamburg, Germany, and Institute of Crystallography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow Denes Szabo Department of Physical Chemistry, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary Hiroshi Urakawa Department of Chemistry and Materials Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan Yoshiaki Yuguchi Department of Chemistry and Materials Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan Chenhua Zhao Department of Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan Shuiqin Zhou Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook Miklos Zrinyi Department of Physical Chemistry, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

Table of Contents

Preface	iii
Contributors	vii
Part A. Process and Formation of Gels
Cascade Formalism Applied to Network Formation in Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Gel Films	1	(26)
Hiroshi Urakawa
Yuko Ikeda
Yoshiaki Yuguchi
Kanji Kajiwara
Yoshitaka Hirata
Shinzo Kohjiya
Thermoreversible and Irreversible Physical Gels from Biopolymers	27	(20)
David R. Picout
Simon B. Ross-Murphy
Reversible (Physical) Gelation in the Solutions of Associating Polyelectrolytes	47	(20)
Igor I. Potemkin
Alexei R. Khokhlov
Association in Polyelectrolyte-Catanionic Vesicle Systems: From Phase Behavior to Microstructure	67	(36)
Eduardo Marques
Rita Dias
Maria Miguel
Ali Khan
Bjorn Lindman
Metal Nanoparticle Formation in Polyelectrolyte Gels with Regular Microstructures	103	(28)
Lyudmila M. Bronstein
Dmitri I. Svergun
Alexei R. Khokhlov
Part B. Structure and Behaviors of Gels
Structure and Properties of Polyampholyte Gels	131	(32)
Giovanni Nisato
Sauveur Jean Candau
Polyelectrolyte/Ionomer Behavior of Polymer Gels	163	(14)
Olga E. Philippova
Alexei R. Khokhlov
Electrical Behaviors and Mechanical Responses of Polyelectrolyte Gels	177	(42)
Yoshihito Osada
Jian Ping Gong
Synchrotron X-Ray Scattering Study on Nanostructures of Polyelectrolyte Gel/Surfactant Complexes	219	(16)
Christian Burger
Shuiqin Zhou
Benjamin Chu
Structural and Dynamic Behavior of Polymer Gels as Elucidated by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy	235	(74)
Isao Ando
Masatoshi Kobayashi
Chenhua Zhao
Shingo Matsukawa
Shigeki Kuroki
Electrical and Magnetic Field-Sensitive Smart Polymer Gels	309	(48)
Miklos Zrinyi
Denes Szabo
Genoveva Filipcsei
Jozsef Feher
Rhythmically Pulsing Gels Based on Chemomechanical Feedback Instability	357	(16)
Ronald A. Siegel
Gauri P. Misra
Anish P. Dhanarajan
Index	373